The viewpoint, which takes evolution as a developing process from lower to higher lever, is neither of Darwinian theory nor of modern scientific achievements, but only of an optimistic theory of progress since the Enlightenment.

• 那种将进化当成是一个从低级到高级的前进发展过程的观点,既不是达尔文的进化论,也不是现代的科学成果,而不过是启蒙运动以来所一直信奉的乐观主义进步论而已。